143 “for one particular event”: Donovan did not recall the nature of the event, and no longer had access to the supposed plans. But my own research indi- cated that if such plans were made, the event in question was likely held on Seychelles Independence Day, each June 29, which involves an annual celebra- tion at Unity Stadium on the main island. See, for example, Betymie Bon- nelame, “‘We Are One Nation,’ President of Seychelles Says on Independence Day,” Seychelles News Agency, June 29, 2017.

143 he remembered as the Maldives: Later, Le Roux himself would admit sending Hunter to the Seychelles to assess the feasibility of the plan: USA v. Hunter, Document 576, April 4, 2018, at 354–57.

CHAPTER 15

145 received a tip: Interview with Mar Supnad. As noted in Chapter 14, Patrick Donovan claimed to have initiated the tip. Le Roux himself believed that the tip was called in by a ship captain, whom Le Roux later added to his hit list. Another former employee of Le Roux’s told me that in fact the authorities had been aware of the shipment from the beginning, and the “tip” was simply a cover for their decision to seize the ship when they failed to receive the full amount of an agreed-upon bribe.

145 M/V Captain Ufuk . . . Lawrence John Burne: People of the Philippines v. Burne.

145 twenty large unmarked wooden crates: Details of the M/V Ufuk confiscation derive from interviews with Mar Supnad, interviews with National Bureau of Investigation agents, Philippine court documents, and local news reports of the incident.

145 remainders of a much larger shipment: A former Le Roux employee involved in the shipment later confirmed to me that the majority of the arms were offloaded before the ship was raided.

146 traced back to Dave Smith: Text of Senate Resolution P.S. Res. No. 1327, Fourteenth Congress of the Republic of the Philippines, “Directing the Ap- propriate Committee to Investigate . . . the Gun Smuggling Incident in Mari- veles, Bataan.” I later confirmed the facts of this story with a copy of the boat’s registration.

147 Jones had already been working: Interview with a friend of Jones’s from Subic, interview with Lachlan McConnell, interview with former American Navy sailor and security contractor.

147 stopping in Ghana: Mar T. Supnad, “British Captain of Arms Ship Seeks Gov’t Protection,” Manila Bulletin, August 26, 2009.

147 along with Joseph Hunter: USA v. Hunter, Document 305-1, April 22, 2016, at 9.

147 His wife was pregnant: Interview with Mar Supnad, confirmed by an anony- mous former employee of Le Roux’s involved in the shipment.

147 another mercenary, Chris De Meyer: In USA v. Hunter (Document 305-1, April 22, 2016, at 9), Hunter refers to “a friend” who came on the mission. I